Bernhard von Neher

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Bernhard von Neher

Karl Josef Bernhard Neher , from 1852 by Neher , (born January 16, 1806 in Biberach an der Riss ; † January 17, 1886 in Stuttgart ) was a German painter .

Life

Neher received his training in Stuttgart from Johann Heinrich Dannecker and Philipp Friedrich von Hetsch from 1822 , but especially at the Munich Art Academy from Peter von Cornelius, and then spent four years in Rome , where he also made contacts with the Nazarenes around Friedrich Overbeck and Philipp Veit used to. Here he painted the raising of the young man to Nain ( Staatsgalerie Stuttgart ). Returning to Munich in 1832, he carried out the fresco at the Isartor : “Entry of Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria after the Battle of Ampfing”.

In 1836 he received a call to Weimar to decorate two rooms of the grand ducal palace with murals based on poems by Friedrich Schiller and Goethe , on which he worked for a total of 11 years. In 1841 he was appointed director of the painting academy in Leipzig . In 1846 he followed a call to Stuttgart as a professor at the Royal Art School (successor to Johann Friedrich Dieterich ). From 1854 he was initially its director, from 1867 according to the "New Organic Regulations of the Art School" until 1879 its director.

Isar gate with fresco

Here he painted the large oil paintings:

  • the Descent from the Cross (Staatsgalerie Stuttgart),
  • the crucifixion (for the Catholic Church in Ravensburg ) and the smaller oil paintings:
  • spring (in the New Palace in Stuttgart ),
  • the sacrifice of Abraham,
  • Christ blessing the children
  • Abraham with the angels and some portraits.

Above all, however, he was concerned with designs for large glass paintings , of which he executed six for the collegiate church in Stuttgart , three for the palace chapel in the old palace and one each for the Leonhardskirche (Stuttgart) , the Greek chapel in the new palace and the Johanneskirche, all in Stuttgart .

In 1852 the King of Württemberg awarded him the Knight's Cross First Class of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , with which the staff nobility was associated. The State Gallery in Stuttgart acquired the cardboard boxes and drafts for his frescoes and church windows in 1878 , which were still available. In 1879 he resigned from the management of the art school, died on January 17, 1886 in Stuttgart and was buried in the Pragfriedhof Stuttgart .

Fresco at the Isartor in Munich

Window in the collegiate church of Stuttgart

1841–1852: Three windows in the choir are provided with his glass paintings (Foundation of King Wilhelm I)

Subjects:

  • birth
  • Crucifixion and Entombment
  • resurrection

In 1865, 1867 and 1887 Neher designed the remaining choir windows with the theme "Past and Future of the Christian Church":

  • Pentecost (Peter preaching, Paul baptizing)
  • Last Judgment
  • Faith, love, hope and adoration of the Lamb ("cap window")

The stained glass windows were destroyed in World War II.

literature

  • Ulrike Gauss , Kurt Lochs: Karl Joseph Bernhard von Neher 1806–1886. Watercolors and drawings. Catalog and insert. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, exhibition from August 29th – 3rd. October 1971
  • Christian Hecht:  Neher, Karl Joseph Bernhard v .. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 36 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • (M.): Two Württemberg artist anniversaries [Bernhard von Neher, Kaspar Kaltenmoser]. In: Communications from the Württemberg Arts and Crafts Association, 1906–1907, pages 155–161, pdf
  • Heinrich Merz: In memory of Bernhard Neher. In: Christian Art Journal for Church, School and House, Volume 32, 1890, Pages 5–14, pdf . - With a detailed description of Neher's glass windows in the collegiate church.
  • August Wintterlin:  Neher, Bernhard von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1886, pp. 381-387.

Web links

Commons : Bernhard von Neher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Kermer : Data and images on the history of the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart . Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1988 (= improved reprint from: Die Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart: a self-portrayal . Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1988), o. P. [5]
  2. ^ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1877, page 26

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personal data
SURNAME Neher, Bernhard von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neher, Karl Josef Bernhard von; Neher, Karl Josef Bernhard (the younger)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH January 16, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Biberach an der Riss
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1886
Place of death Stuttgart